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Imagine you had an identical twin (brother or sisiter). Imagine and share with your classmates what pranks you two would play on your friends, elders in the family and even in school. - English (Second/Third Language)

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Imagine you had an identical twin (brother or sister). Imagine and share with your classmates what pranks you two would play on your friends, elders in the family, and even in school.

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  1. If I got into any trouble, I would simply pretend to be my twin and escape punishment.
  2. When an assignment is incomplete, we would pretend to be each other, to avoid being punished.
  3. During games, we would be in the opposite teams and confuse everyone.
  4. We would confuse our relatives, by dressing alike.
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Chapter 2.3: The Twins - Warming Up! 1 [Page 57]

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Balbharati My English Coursebook 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board
Chapter 2.3 The Twins
Warming Up! 1 | Q 2 | Page 57

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The Twins

In form and feature, face and limb,
I grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another.
It puzzled all our kith and kin,
It reached a fearful pitch;
For one of us was born a twin,
Yet not a soul knew which.

One day, to make the matter worse,
Before our names were fixed,
As we were being washed by a nurse,
We got completely mixed;
And thus, you see, by fate’s decree,
Or rather nurse’s whim,
My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.

This fatal likeness even dogged
My footsteps, when at school,
And I was always getting flogged,
For John turned out a fool.
I put this question, fruitlessly,
To everyone I knew,
‘What would you do, if you were me,
To prove that you were you?’

Our close resemblance turned the tide
Of my domestic life,
For somehow, my intended bride
Became my brother's wife.
In fact, year after year the same
Absurd mistakes went on,
And when I died, the neighbours came
And buried brother John.

                     - Henry Sambrooke Leigh

  1. Title – (½)
  2. Name of the poet – (½)
  3. Rhyme Scheme – (1)
  4. Figures of Speech – (1)
  5. Theme / Central idea (in about 2 to 3 lines) – (2)

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